psalmist

True prosperity, the psalmist discovered, was found in the fact that God was always with him: "You hold me by my right hand" (v. 23).

It was the same roll out of which the Psalmist proposed to read a passage to all those in his day who feared God.

The psalmist had just said, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. "

The Psalmist spoke of it as a "lamp for my feet and a light for my path. "

It not only grieves, but it angers the psalmist to see many who do not follow the Lord's Law.

Others argue that given the royal context of the psalm, the psalmist must have been referring to a military crisis.

Even in utter despondence, the psalmist cannot deny the fact that God is still holy and righteous.

The patient wait of the psalmist for God's deliverance is energised by his hope in God.

The Psalmist says, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of living" (Ps. 27: 13).

But this new song is not simply a song of celebration of the liberation, deliverance and restoration that the psalmist had experienced.

As the psalmist waited patiently for God the Lord rescued him with his mighty arm.

The psalmist longs to meet with God in worship, relieving the thirst of his soul in God's presence.

Yet another attribute of God that causes the psalmist to be awestruck, is His omnipresence (all-present).

Confident that it will soon be accomplished, the tone of the psalmist drastically changes to joyously praising God.

Thus, the faith of the psalmist is established in and nurtured by Israel's faith in God.

For this reason the psalmist prayed, "Search me, O God, and know my heart . . . and lead me in the way everlasting. "

Based on Psalm 30, some commentators suggest that perhaps the psalmist had been seriously ill, and that the Lord had healed him.

The psalmist cries out, "Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed" (Psalm 119: 136).

The psalmist can put his faith in God because he has learned to remember his mighty acts in the history of his people.

Like the psalmist, we can count on God and tell him our problems: "I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation" (Psalm 5: 3).

Then the Psalmist's question was: How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness?

It's been said that Francis of Assisi treated every man or woman like a king or a queen. That's a conviction the psalmist shares.

Like the psalmist, we can find Him to be our "rock" and "refuge" as we trust Him (vv. 2, 7).

With beautiful words of adoration to the Lord, the psalmist likens several attributes of God to the different wonders of nature.

And because he remembers the faithfulness of God in the past, the psalmist is able to entrust his life to God in the present.

For the psalmist, the best thing is knowing the forgiveness of God.

This new beginning has put a new song on the lips of the psalmist.

This new song, which marks a new beginning, therefore signals a new depth in the psalmist's relationship with God.

Nature filled the psalmist's heart with praise to God, and I think that must have included the musical sounds of the birds.

In waiting trustingly for God's deliverance the psalmist stands in solidarity with and participates in the whole saving memory of Israel.

I think we can say that the hope of the psalmist is in a profound sense a protest.

God is there - as the Psalmist says, "peering out from the cracks. "

What did the Psalmist say, 'I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people'.

He reminds me of the psalmist who wrote: "Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You" (119: 11).

We might pray adapting the words of the Psalmist: "Let your love always console me. "

Our psalmist is certainly no stranger to afflictions and trials.

The psalmist reminds us today that it's important to give thanks.

You can feel the mood of hopelessness and heartache in the psalmist's words.

The psalmist said it is the Lord who nourishes us so that our "youth is renewed like the eagle's" (Ps. 103: 5).

But if we can't, like the psalmist, we can still express our love for the living God and our longing to know Him (v. 2).

But we can with the psalmist acknowledge the fact that God's silence is never final.

The psalmist said that while God's Word gives life, there is still the combination of "comfort in my affliction" (Ps. 119: 50).

The psalmist teaches us instead to trust.

The psalmist delighted in God's Word. He stood in awe of it, rejoiced over it, loved it, and obeyed it (Ps. 119: 161-168).

The psalmist desired to obey God's Word "continually, forever and ever" (119: 44).

Like Charles, the psalmist meditated and delighted in God's Word (vv. 15-16).

The psalmist prayed: "Will You not revive us again? "

"I have seen you in the sanctuary, " says the psalmist.

If our hearts are transformed by God's zeal, we are free to sing with the psalmist: "I will be glad and rejoice in you" (Psalm 9: 2).

and that is why the psalmist said.

The psalmist David experienced it: "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? "